6th Grade Word List: Social

object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical interest

a system of exchange by which goods or services are directly exchanged for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money

a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha

a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity

a country of eastern Asia, ancient civilization traditionally dates to c. 2700 b.c

the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history

a state consisting of a sovereign city

an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government

a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the guidelines of a constitution

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator

a country of northeast Africa and the Sinai Peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea, in ancient times it was a flourishing kingdom and one of the earliest known civilizations

the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war

ancient Greece was an ancient civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity.

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

forceful consequence; strong effect; influencing strongly

the Andean civilizations made up a loose patchwork of different cultures that developed from the highlands of Colombia to the Atacama Desert

supplying water to the land to help crops grow

the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran

the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud

a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal; a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices

noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems

movement of persons from one country or locality to another

government under a single ruler

leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled

government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families

a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land

natural region is a basic geographic unit

highland; upland; relatively flat highland

of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power; of or relating to the profession of governing

a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy

the history of Rome spans 2,800 years of the existence of a city that grew from a small Latin village in the 9th century BC into the center of a vast civilization that dominated the Mediterranean region for centuries

distribution of human settlements on the landscape